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UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

JOHN P. REILY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF- TO F. W. GRUNDMAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented. Aug. 14, 1906.

Application filed December 1, 1904. Serial No. 234,990.

T all whom, it may concern.

Be it known that I, JOHN P. REILY, a citik Zen of the United States, and a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hasps, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in hasps; and. it consists of the novel features herein shown, described, and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective showing the hasp in use, the structure to which the same is applied being broken away to economize space. Fig. 2 is a front eleva tion, the position of thehasp being shown in dotted lines when the same is moved for wardly, the staples being shown in section and the structure being omitted.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the hasp 3 has the horizontally-elongated slot or opening 4 at one end to permit the hasp to slide upon the attaching-staple 5 and the horizontally-elongated slot 6 at the other end to receive the locking-staple 7, there being a hook 8 extending downwardly into the slot 6 to engage in the eye of the'staple when it is desired to latch the hasp without applying the lock. I refer to the common padlock. The slots 4 and 6 are in a line and substantially of the same length, and the staple 5 is driven vertically into the door or gate 9 and the staple 7 is driven horizontal y into the frame I0.

The distance between the hook 8 and the forward end of the slot 6 is suflicient to ren ceive the staple 7 loosely, as shown in Fig. 2 but the distance from said hook to the oppo-A site end of said slot is much less, and when it is desired to use the lock `the staple is applied in this position, so that when the lock is removed the hasp may be readily removed from the staple, and when it is desired to simply latch the hasp without the use of a lock the hasp is moved bodily forwardly, as indicated in dotted lines, and the hook 8 engages in the eye of staple 7, so that the door or gate cannot be opened from the outside or without elevating the hasp.

The slots 4 and 6 are of sufIicient length to allow the door or gate to shrink or swell. The slot 6 is of sufficient width relative to the staple 7, so that the staple will readily pass under the hook 8. The hook 8 is rounded on its forward side, so that the hook may be pushed forwardly, the rounded face 11 of the hook sliding upon the staple, thereby avoiding the necessity of raising the hasp. The rear face l2 of the hook 8 is rounded out so that it will engage the staple and cannot be unhooked without raising the hasp.

I claim- The hasp having the slot 4 to permit the hasp to slide upon the attaching-staple, and provided with the slot 6 to receive the locking-staple; said hasp also being provided with the hook 8 rounded on its forward edge and concave on its rear edge and located so that the point of said hook extends rearwardly within said slot 6 in alinement with the haspbody, but at a greater distance from the outer end of said slot than from the inner end thereof; the forward face of the hook thus being adapted to slide over the staple and the rear face of the hook being adapted to hook under the inner leg of said staple.

vIn testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN I. REILY. Witnesses:

` ALFRED A. Eroxs.

M. SCHULZE. 

